What already shaped up as a fierce battle for jobs at the back of the Royals bullpen suddenly looks even tougher. Its still to be determined, manager Ned Yost said, but Im thinking, with our starting pitching, I dont see any reason we cant go with 12 pitchers. That means a seven-man bullpen  or one less reliever than the Royals carried for much of last season.

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Hows this for a day brightener: Hi, its Carol! Comedy legend Carol Burnett is heading from California for a Valentines Day visit to Kansas City. The Carol Burnett Show has been off network TV almost 35 years, but Burnetts gig at the Kauffman Center might make you think youve traveled back in time.

A CBS warning memo earlier in the week asking that "buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered" for the Grammy Awards show. Some obeyed. Some did not. Jennifer Lopez was showing off a higher than thigh-high opening in her dresses. Katy Perry showed down-to-there cleavage in a seafoam gown. But Rihanna got the memo and showed up in an elegant red gown.